Jean-Michel Picart

P. Landry, Paris, by 1974.

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Quatre Siècles de la Nature Morte en France, 10 July - 20 September, 1954, no. 19;
Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber, Natures Mortes Françaises du XVIIe au XXe Siècles, 9 April - 6 May 1959, no. 3.

M. Faré, La Nature morte en France, Geneva 1962, vol. II, reproduced no. 77;
M. Faré, Le Grand Siècle de la Nature Morte en France, le XVII^e siècle, Fribourg 1974, , p. 89, reproduced.

The panel is cradled on the reverse. There is an added strip on the left side of the panel, approximately 1.5 inches, which under UV looks new due to the uniform later paint. There are other scattered retouches within the main body of the composition, and a rather high gloss varnish has been applied. To the naked eye, the painting looks quite strong and the composition does make sense with the added strip. The painting should be shown to a professional restorer to evaluate a possible new varnish and adjustment of retouches.
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